666. Funerary inscription of M. Aquilius Aquilianus

Description:
Bulbous cinerary urn (diam. w: 0.24 x h: 0.27) of grey limestone. 
Text:
Inscribed on the shoulder. 
Letters:
Third century A.D. capitals: 0.015-0.02. 
Date:
Third century A.D. (lettering) 
Findspot:
Lepcis Magna: Forum Severianum. 
Original Location:
Unknown 
Last recorded location:
Lepcis Museum. 
Bibliography:
Relazioni Scavi (weekly reports filed in the Archives of the Superintendency of Antiquities, Tripoli), 24.2.35 This edition taken from J. M. Reynolds and J. B. Ward-Perkins, The Inscriptions of Roman Tripolitania, Rome: British School at Rome, 1952.  
Text constituted from:
Transcription (Reynolds, Ward-Perkins) 
M(arcus) Aqu(i)l(ius) Aquilianus
Veteri f(ilius)
MAQVLAQVILIANVS
VETERIF
<ab>
<lb n="1" />
<expan>
<abbr>
M
</abbr>
<ex>
arcus
</ex>
</expan>
<expan>
<abbr>
Aqu
</abbr>
<ex>
i
</ex>
<abbr>
l
</abbr>
<ex>
ius
</ex>
</expan>
Aquilianus
<lb n="2" />
Veteri
<expan>
<abbr>
f
</abbr>
<ex>
ilius
</ex>
</expan>
</ab>

Translation:

Marcus Aquilius Aquilianus, son of Veterus.

Commentary:

l. 1. M. Aquilius Aquilianus. See also 754 (5).

Photographs:

Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 49.XV.35)
 Ward-Perkins Archive, BSR (BSR 49.XV.35)

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